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Press, Volume CXII, Issue 33110, 28 December 1972, Page 11

BREAD DISPUTE We Christchurch bread-baking firms greatly regret the in- There is in fact little at issue between Christchurch bread-baking emconveniences, and in some cases the hardships, caused by ployers and their employees. Auckland employers and employees have reached agreement on the terms of a new award, and the eme present short ge o d. his ollowed the sop o meeting p| O yees’ union wants Christchurch employers to consent to the Ot members of the employees union at 11 a.m. on Thursday, 21st same terms as those agreed upon in Auckland. This consent December, and the employees’ decision to not return to work on Christchurch employers are perfectly ready to give tha * day ' PROVIDED THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE PREPARED TO There is no week in the year, or day in that week, or hour in that day, WORK IN THE PRODUCTION OF FRESH BREAD FOR which could have been better chosen to completely disorganise the qal ■■ au QIIMftAV lIBAN TUE GAME TEDMC AC IN production and distribution of bread or to impose greater harass- UrUN lift aA ME I EnMd Ad IN ment and inconvenience on the public and retail distributors. To that AUCKLAND (AND ELSEWHERE IN NEW ZEALAND), extent the stoppage can. be described as a callous and calculated high-jacking. Stacey and Hawker was selected for the ban on pro- Christchurch employees union has prohibited its members . ± . , ~ . xl. lx xt. x u j ■ *L from working in the production of fresh bread for sale on Sunday, duction because the emolovees union thought that by so doing, the Sjnce Apri| 1972 fres " h bread offered fpr sa|e pn Sllndays has been public would receive only 30% of their requirements. produced by the executives of each of the bakeries concerned. C E BOON LTD There was not the slightest need for any stoppage whatsoever - ex- 'JT ' cept as a means of coercing employers into an immediate accept- KnUUALTN LIU. ance of the employee union’s demands on one particular issue alone, SMITHS NUTTY CRUST BAKERIES LTD. and leaving unsettled another issue, one much more important STACEY & HAWKER LTD. from the point of view of the public. SUNDERLAND BROS. LTD.